HOLBY CITY HOSPITALISED

Holby City, BBC1, 8pm – The long-running drama was given a bloody nose by ITV1's pairing of Emmerdale and Coronation Street in later-than-normal slots, sinking to 3.901 million viewers, a 14.6% share of the audience. It is understood to be Holby's worst share of the audience since at least 2003.

Emmerdale averaged 8.142 million (31.5%) between 8pm and 8.30pm, but the real star of the night was once again Coronation Street, 50 years old this week, which in the aftermath of Monday night's tram accident averaged 11.831 million viewers, a 42.6% share.

It was the second Emmerdale of the night, after the 7pm episode averaged 7.826 million, a 33.7% share.

HAVE YOU HEARD IT'S CORRIE'S 50TH BIRTHDAY?

Coronation Street: 50 Years, 50 Moments, ITV1, 9pm – The first of this two-part nostalgia fest had 5.681 million viewers, a 22.7% share, enough to give ITV1 a win over the last of BBC1's Turn Back Time: The High Street, which finished its six-part run with 4.155 million, a 16.6% share between 9pm and 10pm.

SNOW NEWS LIKE GOOD NEWS

Tonight, ITV1, 7.30pm – Tonight's bad weather special, The Ice Storm, averaged 5.03 million viewers, a 20.4% share of the audience between 7.30pm and 8pm, its biggest audience since 13 June 2008. It was enough for the show's presenter (and ITV News anchor) Mark Austin to tweet Piers Morgan: "When's the last time you got 5 mill for a doco!!"

It was up against BBC1's EastEnders, which had 9.291 million viewers, a 37.6% share.

It was followed by the second episode of The Morgana Show, which fell to just 654,000, a 4.4% share, from 733,000 (4.9%) last week. It drew another 76,000 viewers on Channel 4+1.

Tuesday nights are threatening to become a problem for Channel 4, with the third series of docusoap The Family also failing to excite. Last night's fourth episode (of eight) averaged 833,000, a 3.3% share, with another 134,000 viewers on Channel 4+1.

The Family was well beaten by Channel 5's CSI: Miami, which had 2.099 million viewers, an 8.4% share.

PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED CORNER

The Joy of Stats, BBC4, 9pm – a light-hearted look at the world of statistics (who doesn't love numbers, eh?) that averaged 285,000 viewers, a 1.1% share between 9pm and 10pm.

All ratings are Barb overnight figures, including live and same day timeshifted (recorded) viewing, but excluding on demand, +1 or other – unless otherwise stated. Figures for BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 generally include ratings for their HD simulcast services, unless otherwise stated

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